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CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE MIMICKING MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS
Author(s) -
PENDER M. P.,
CHALK J. B.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-5994
pISSN - 0004-8291
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1989.tb00309.x
Subject(s) - medicine , multiple sclerosis , connective tissue , connective tissue disease , transverse myelitis , encephalomyelitis , acute disseminated encephalomyelitis , mixed connective tissue disease , pathology , acute transverse myelitis , lupus erythematosus , systemic disease , connective tissue disorder , myelitis , dermatology , disease , spinal cord , autoimmune disease , immunology , psychiatry , antibody
Systemic lupus erythematosus, primary Sjögren's syndrome and systemic sclerosis may be associated with acute transverse myelitis and chronic relapsing neurological syndromes mimicking multiple sclerosis in the same individuals and/or their relatives. We now present three cases which suggest that there is a wide spectrum of connective tissue disorders mimicking multiple sclerosis and acute disseminated encephalomyelitis. These cases demonstrate that the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis should be kept under constant review by searching for the development of connective tissue disorders in the patients or their relatives.